cephalopod ID please

hotelbravo · 08/27/2015, 09:23 PM

i catch these all the time when i got bait fishing i usually keep a few to feed to my eel and anemones. im wanting to ID them and make sure they are nothing protected and whatnot also just curious as to what they are. i have always called them baby squid but not 100%.

hotelbravo · 08/28/2015, 06:51 AM

picture did not load last night here they are

hotelbravo · 08/28/2015, 07:40 AM

I never seem to catch them any bigger than these which is why im questioning whether they are actually baby squid or maybe a cuttlefish or something

PincheReefTank · 08/30/2015, 01:32 PM

quik guess would be common squid, alloteuthis subulata

gordonj1 · 02/09/2016, 03:24 AM

Oh kool! I'm pretty sure these are Idiosepius sp. adults.

They are actually super easy to keep in an aquarium. We have about 50 of them now. We usually catch them in seagrass. What environment have you found them in?

If you want to keep them, they aren't protected. They eat glass shrimp and amphipods like champions. They can eat a ton though, so be prepared if you want to keep them. They like to rest on plastic broadleaf plants in our lab.

gordonj1 · 02/09/2016, 03:26 AM

how big are they? 1inch?

hotelbravo · 02/24/2016, 10:30 PM

they range from an inch to the biggest ive ever caught was roughly 8 inches. they come up to the edge of the shore at night not near any sea grass

08/27/2015, 09:23 PM	#1
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	cephalopod ID please i catch these all the time when i got bait fishing i usually keep a few to feed to my eel and anemones. im wanting to ID them and make sure they are nothing protected and whatnot also just curious as to what they are. i have always called them baby squid but not 100%. __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns.

08/28/2015, 06:51 AM	#2
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	picture did not load last night here they are __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns. Last edited by hotelbravo; 08/28/2015 at 07:08 AM.

08/28/2015, 07:40 AM	#3
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	I never seem to catch them any bigger than these which is why im questioning whether they are actually baby squid or maybe a cuttlefish or something __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns.

02/24/2016, 10:30 PM	#7
hotelbravo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 2,175	they range from an inch to the biggest ive ever caught was roughly 8 inches. they come up to the edge of the shore at night not near any sea grass __________________ -Hodge Current Tank Info: 180 gallon, 40b sump. 3x OR T247 lighting, Reef Octopus protein skimmer, phosban 550 reactor, tunze ato, gyre xf 150, 2x mag 9.5 returns.

08/30/2015, 01:32 PM	#4
PincheReefTank Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Los Angeles CA Posts: 95	quik guess would be common squid, alloteuthis subulata

02/09/2016, 03:24 AM	#5
gordonj1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 340	Oh kool! I'm pretty sure these are Idiosepius sp. adults. They are actually super easy to keep in an aquarium. We have about 50 of them now. We usually catch them in seagrass. What environment have you found them in? If you want to keep them, they aren't protected. They eat glass shrimp and amphipods like champions. They can eat a ton though, so be prepared if you want to keep them. They like to rest on plastic broadleaf plants in our lab.

02/09/2016, 03:26 AM	#6
gordonj1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 340	how big are they? 1inch?